The problem are not the European laws. It are the US laws that don't
recognize the European FOP. That means it would be perfectly legal to
host such images on an European server (in a country that recognizes
FOP), but not on US servers, because they are subject to US law.
Am 02.03.2013 12:34, schrieb David Gerard:
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From: Jane Darnell <jane023(a)gmail.com>
Date: 2 March 2013 10:59
Subject: [Commons-l] FOP in Europe: does this include WWII monuments with art?
To: commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Hello,
Apologies for cross-posting, but WMNL was recently approached for
helping start a photo contest for WWII monuments. Based on this
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Freedom_of_Panorama_in_Europe_NC.svg
We assumed that these photographs could be used on Wikipedia, but the
recent discussions about the DMCA takedown notice for this
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Houseball_(Oldenburg_and_van_Bru…
indicate that FOP in Europe is not really FOP.
To be careful, we have decided to cancel the photo contest idea,
though people are of course terribly disappointed about this.
Does anyone know the status of this discussion? Of course, WLM has
brought in several thousand of these "possibly-not-FOP" sculptures, as
they are often WLM monuments themselves, or are situated directly in
front of buildings that are WLM monuments.
Thanks in advance for any info you have - we need a short and sweet
way to inform the WWII monument committee and WMNL volunteers why we
are cancelling.
Jane
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